Beeswax Form : Solid

Beeswax is a natural secretion from wax glands on the sides of the body of honey bees and is used primarily as a building block for the bees' comb cells in which the young are raised and honey and pollen are stored. To stimulate the production of beeswax, the honey bees feed themselves with honey and huddle together to raise the temperature of the cluster. To produce one pound of wax requires the bees to consume about ten pounds of honey.
Ranges from yellow to almost black, beeswax is extracted by boiling the honeycomb in water and skimming the wax off the top. It has a subtle natural aroma, the fragrance of honey ingrained with the other scents present in a beehive that is often pleasant enough for many honey lovers to just chew like a gum and swallow as a form of roughage.
Beeswax works well in cosmetic products because of the "wax esthers" that exist in both beeswax and human skin. These compounds help to bind and emulsify ointments, lip balm, lipstick and lotions.